Here’s a treat for those of you who like drum and bass or have an interest in copyright and creativity — a YouTube video that covers the history of one of the most-sampled drum breaks in current pop music, the “Amen Break”, named after the drum break in the song Amen, Brother by the Winstons. Although it’s a video, the visuals are mostly of a record player spinning — it might as well have been an audio recording.
Work and life have been keeping me busy, so I haven’t found the time to finish the next part of my “How to be Silicon Valley” series. Luckily for me, David Janes has taken the topic and run with it on his blog, Ranting and Roaring. Go check it out; I’ll most likely incorporate some of it into my next blog entry on the topic.
By way of the MP3 blog The Catbirdseat, I found an interesting album by Clawjob called Space Crackers. It can very aptly described as an Space Rock Opera Concept Album. That may not be descriptive enough for you, but luckily the folks at The Catbirdseat have come up with this diagram that graphically explains what the album is like:
The first four tracks on the album are available for download at their site. I’ve listened to them and enjoyed the nerdy sci-fi lyrics and indie-pop chords and plan to buy the whole thing. Give it a listen!
YouTube got told to yank the video of the Saturday Night Live skit on MySpace that I linked to earlier, but I’ve found another site with the video. Even better: it’s on a MySpace site!
Click the picture to watch the video.
Go watch it, if only for Horatio Sanz’ perfect “creepy lisping guy” character.
I still get an occasional email or comment about my entry about the difficulty Wendy and I have had putting together the IKEA “Expedit” bookshelf. That was last August, and yes, the shelf has been assembled.
As we suspected, the trick is that the last phase, in which you attach the last side to the shelf, is easiest with three people, especially with the 5-by-5 model. The extra pair of hands makes all the difference; when Wendy and I recently helped my sister with three sets of Expedit shelves, the three of us put together all three in less time than it took to put together ours last year.
Welcome to June! What better way to celebrate the month during which summer begins than with Mr. Summer himself, David Hasselhoff?
Over at my-nhl.com, there are 5 amusing little films about the Oilers/Mighty Ducks series made using tabletop “knob hockey” figures. Enjoy, and congrats to the Oilers on making it to the finals!
Note: this is hockey, so there’s some cussin’ and swearin’. A couple of four-letter words ain’t gonna kill you.
[Thanks to LeROIduPLYWOOD for the link!]
